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corn silage was fed 68 times, corn-fodder and 

 stalks 35 times, corn-meal 42 times and corn- 

 and-cob meal 14 times. Excepting bran, no 

 other grain food was used as much as corn- 

 meal, and corn silage was fed much more than 

 any other kind of coarse fodder. From these 

 100 rations the writer selects the following as 

 representing a notable use of the corn plant or 

 its products. Where corn silage is fed it is 

 assumed that it contains the grain that was on 

 the plant: 



(1) 40 lbs. corn silage, 7 lbs. hay, 1 lb. straw, 2 lbs. oil- 

 meal, 2 lbs. corn-and-cob meal, 2 lbs. wheat bran. 



(2) 30 lbs. corn silage, 8 lbs. hay, 5 lbs. corn-fodder, 4 lbs. 

 oats, 2 lbs. pea meal. 



(3) 40 lbs. corn silage, 15 lbs. hay, 5 lbs. bran, 2 lbs. cotton- 

 seed meal, 3 lbs. corn-meal. 



(4) 50 lbs. corn silage, 9 lbs. clover hay. 



(5) 32i lbs. corn silage, 6 lbs. clover hay, 3 lbs. corn-fodder, 



5 lbs. corn-meal, 4 lbs. shipstuflE, 2 lbs. oil-meal. 



(6) 24 lbs. corn-fodder, 5 lbs. corn-meal, 3i lbs. bran, li 

 lbs. oil-meal, i lb, cotton-seed meal. 



The above rations are not given as perfect 

 ones, but as representing some of those fed by 

 prominent dairymen of the country. 



The late Prof. E. W. Stewart gave much 

 attention to feeding problems. The five fol- 

 lowing rations were recommended by him for 

 the purposes specified:* 



For fattening cattle, 1,000 lbs. weight: 20 lbs. corn-fodder, 



6 lbs. corn-meal, 6 lbs. linseed cake. 



* Bulletin No. 38, Wisconsin agricultural experiment sta- 

 tion, p. 44. 



